Regulatory screening will start in the next couple of days to make sure the battery is optimised and fulfills AEMO and South Australian Government requirements, prior to operation starts on Dec. 1.

Tesla’s Australian Powerpack, now the world’s greatest lithium ion battery.

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Representatives from Tesla, French renewable resource business Neoen and Adelaide engineering company Consolidated Power Projects will sign up with South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill next week to formally release the battery.

Connected to Neoen’s Hornsdale Wind Farm near Jamestown, 3 horas ’ drive from Adelaide, the Powerpack system is an effort to minimize a few of the state’s serious energy problems.

The Powerpack system intends to “stabilise the South Australian grid” and provide adequate power for over 30,000 houses, which has to do with equivalent to the quantity of houses that lost power in September.

In March 2017, the State Governmentrevealeda strategy to develop a A$ 150 million (US$ 114 million) fund made to support renewable resource jobs. Tesla was chosen from over 90 competitive quotes to supply the whole energy storage element for Neoen’s Hornsdale Wind Farm.

“While others are simply talking, we are providing our energy strategy, making South Australia more self-dependent, and offering back up power and more economical energy for South Australians this summertime,” stated Premier Jay Weatherill in a media declaration.

“The world’s biggest lithium ion battery will be a vital part of our energy mix, and it sends out the clearest message that South Australia will be a leader renewable resource with battery storage.”